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Friday, July 30, 2010

This is another mini quilt I designed on EQ6 last night - even imported the fabrics choices for this one. I purchased them a few years ago at a quilt show. This will be my project for today.

MINI STAR QUILT - is 12" square; the star blocks are 3" each and the borders are 1.5". There are nine different green fabrics in all. I will have lots of fun making this...off to the Cutting Mat to start this mini!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Sunday is almost over and I am glad. I usually post on Sunday mornings but things didn't go so well this morning. Around 4:30am I was startled by a loud boom. Jumped out of bed, heard people screaming to call the fire dept, and police.

It seems a very large tree fell two doors down from my house and crushed 2 parked cars and hit a house and yes there was fire but thankfully no one was hurt. Of course it took down the power lines with it! So, no electric, no blogging, and worse of all no sewing and it was HOT...HOT...HOT!

I was up until 1:00am sewing a cute little backpack for my great nephew's first birthday which was today. My intention was to get up early (but not at 4:30am) and make a matching crayon roll...never happened. I also forgot to take a photo of the backpack.

Electricity came back around 7pm and all is well!

My friend Sheryl posted a photo of her glorious Shadow Box Quilt and so I thought I had better post mine. The class was great and all the ladies had such wonderful fabrics.

This is going to be a gift for a special person!

The border is a very dark green/black print. I had a lot of fun making this and Alice is a great teacher.

Monday, July 19, 2010

I cannot believe that it is Monday. The Island Shop Hop was lots of fun but I must admit that I was so busy working and tired at the end of each day I didn't get any, not even a little bit, of sewing done last week.

This week WILL BE DIFFERENT! I miss my machine and the gentle hum that I find so comforting and MUST get back to it TONIGHT! Friday is the second half of that Shadow Box Class and I need to assemble the rest of the blocks. I did manage to cut out all the fabric and prep for sewing. TONIGHT!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Today was day one of the Island Shop Hop here on Long Island. What FUN!!

Of course I didn't get to 'hop' because I was working but seeing all the 'hoppers' enjoying themselves was great.

The theme was "Holidays" so each of the 5 participating shops had to pick a holiday to represent. Our store did Halloween. Now being the huge Halloween fan that I am this was soooooooooo very much fun. One of my co-workers is also a Halloween fan and she bought all her decorations in to set the theme. The store looks GREAT!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Good Morning! It looks like today will be a hot and humid one! I'll be inside most of the day.

First there are Rank Promotions at my husbands Karate School to attend and

then it's off to a Dance Recital.

My sister's granddaughters will be performing...my Grand Nieces! I don't know if you have ever been to a Dance Recital with the little ones performing but it is the greatest and cutest thing to watch. They are just adorable. They go to a wonderful dance studio, the same one my daughter and my nieces went to. It's like a family tradition with us!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Tonight was our quild meeting and I usually submit a Block of the Month. This month it was a red and white Lattice Block. Well after I finished mine I had 8 little red and 8 little white triangles that were cut off the corner pieces. I went to toss them and thought I should give them to my friend Barbara.

Then I thought I should make something with them.

So I sewed the 8 reds to the 8 white to get 8 little half square triangles. Then I sewed them together to get 8 smaller quarter square triangles (1.5"s). Added some little squares from the rest of the scraps and ended up with this...my first red and white quilt. 11.5" x 6.5".

I always wanted a red and white quilt and now I have one!

And the Ohio Star is my favorite quilt block!

Like all the things I do, it's not perfect but it I do like it. It took me about 45 minutes.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Yes, this is one of my favorite times of the year...seeing all those beautiful American Flags flying high and blowing in the breeze! For many years that sight has been one that brings tears to my eyes. I don't know what it is about the American Flag and all it's glory that does this to me

but it happens everytime!

I had a great week spending time with my grandson; playing, laughing, and hugging.

He is so cute and yes, I am partial! :))

What a smile...and this profile - gets me everytime! I love it!

And, the Funky Fish is complete...

My daughter cannot wait to hang this in his room. He, on the other hand just looked at it and walked away!

Oh well! I bet he wishes it were a turtle...maybe there is another little wall hanging to do in the future? MAYBE, JUST MAYBE!